... Abstract (txt) . ... Xiao-li Meng (Harvard U) . ... presentation (pdf) . ... web page: astrostatistics.psu.edu/stat05.html . ... H. Kang (Department of Statistics, Harvard University), D. van Dyk (Department of Statistics, University of California at Irvine), V. Kashyap (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Connors (Eureka Scientific) . ... Poster (ps) . Poster (pdf) . ... Y. Yu, X.L. Meng (Dept. of Statistics, Harvard Univ.) ... Y. Yu (Dept. of Statistics, Harvard Univ.) ...

... Next: An IRAF-Independent Interface Up: Software Systems Previous: A New PROS . ... We present a high-level representation of the packages and tasks within IRAF/PROS. ... We have produced a high-level overview of PROS. ... The incremental stages were the short-term goals: a project overview diagram (i.e., an organizational diagram of software modules); high-level diagram (i.e., a bubble diagram of each module in the system); and unifying element tables (i.e., tables of task vs. software attributes)....

Instrument Science Report NICMOS-98-010 NICMOS Parallel Thermal Background: Results from SMOV and Cycle 7. ... Parallel observations in NICMOS Camera 2 and Camera 3 are taken at different pointings and analysis of the data shows the HST thermal emission to be fairly stable, with an orbital variation of ~5% and a secular variation of ~8%. ... In this study, the thermal background measurements are presented as the average count-rate calculated over the entire chip. ...

Workshop on geometric analysis and spectral theory . ... On a class of random walks on groups with infinite number of generators". ... Optimal transportation, weak flows and very degenerate elliptic PDE's". ... Singular solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations". ... I will give some hints on how this conjecture is related to minimal surface theory and I will describe some flatness results for non local equations on one hand and on elliptic equations on riemannian manifolds on the other hand. ...

... Studying of nuclear radiation from martian subsurface based on HEND data " . ... The presentation is based on speaker's doctoral thesis and contains results of observations of Martian neutron albedo from Russian High Energy Neutron Detector onboard 2001 Mars Odyssey in 2002-2004 years. ... HEND neutron maps of martian polar permafrost regions with high content of water ice. ... The numerical model of martian subsurface and estimation of water content in polar and equatorial regions of Mars. ...

The total radiative power output from the hot outer layers of six late-type stars (of different spectral types and luminosity class) is derived via an emission measure technique. This analysis was based on observational data from the spectral range 100A to 3000A obtained as a result of three separate satellite missions, i.e. Hubble Space Telescope, International Ultraviolet Explorer and the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer. ...

. XMM-Newton Science Analysis System . flspec (flspec-3.1) [xmmsas_20080701_1801-8.0.0] . Meta Index . Computes the spectrum of the background fluctuations for a specified spatial pixel size and different offaxis angles. Instruments/Modes . Use . Description . Parameters . Errors . Input Files . Output Files . Algorithm . Comments . Future developments . Bibliography . Index . XMM-Newton SOC/SSC -- 2008-07-02

Proceedings of the Particle Physics and Early Universe Conference (PPEUC). ... M.P. Hobson & A.W. Jones . ... A maximum entropy method (MEM) is presented for separating the emission due to different foreground components from simulated satellite observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR). In Jones & Hobson (1998, these proceedings) , the method is applied to simulated observations by the proposed Planck Surveyor satellite. ... 1 Introduction . ... PPEUC Proceedings . ...

... In most astronomical observations the image intensity consists of contributions from both object and sky background. Depending on the complexity of the field and the type of object, different methods are used to estimate and subtract the background intensity. ... Non--linear filters are often used to remove stellar images and other sharp features (see Section ) while extended objects are very difficult to eliminate automatically. ...

... Unlike the previous digital-only Messages, Arecibo-1974 and Evpatoria-1999, the TAM has complex, three-section structure with different forms of information. Section 1 represents coherent sounding radio signal with slow Doppler wavelength tuning to imitate transmission from Sun's center. ... Section 2 is an analog information and represents musical melodies, performed on the Theremin. ... There were seven musical compositions in the 1st Theremin Concert for Aliens. ...

... The large body of near infrared observations presented in Testi et al. (1997; 1998) are analysed with the aim of characterizing the young stellar clusters surrounding Herbig Ae/Be stars. The results confirm the tendency of early Be stars to be surrounded by dense clusters of lower mass "companions", while Ae stars are never found to be associated with conspicuous groups. ... Only the most massive stars (10-20Msun) are found to be associated with dense (10^3 pc^-3) stellar clusters. ...

Call For Abstracts . We welcome abstract submissions for oral presentations at the workshop, Concept Development for an Upper Atmospheric Research Facility at the Arecibo Magnetic Conjugate Point in Argentina to take place in April 17 - 19, 2006 , at the Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico . ... This section of the meeting includes talks on the instruments that are required at the facility to satisfy the science requirements discussed in Part I of the meeting. ... Part I~50% meeting time . ...

... Old World First Asteroid Radar Echo. ... It testifies that 4179 Toutatis is a double object like asteroid 4769 Castalia. ... Interference of Radar Echo from the Binary Asteroid 4179 Toutatis. ... An analysis of the 6-cm radar data revealed quasi-harmonic oscillation of the echo’s “central” Doppler frequency with a period of about 14 sec and a deviation of about (0.7*B) Hz, where B is the echo bandwidth, which for 4179 Toutatis was equal to 2.1 Hz and 1.9 Hz for 1992 Dec 8 and 9, respectively. ...

Find Similar Abstracts . ... The velocity of clusters of galaxies relative to the microwave background. ... BACKGROUND RADIATION, GALACTIC CLUSTERS, MICROWAVE SCATTERING, VELOCITY MEASUREMENT, HIGH TEMPERATURE GASES, MICROWAVES, POLARIZED RADIATION, RADIAL VELOCITY, RADIO ASTRONOMY, THOMSON SCATTERING . ... Use: Authors Title Abstract Text Text Query with Keywords Return: Query Results Query Form Database: Astronomy Instrumentation Physics and Geophysics ABSTRACT QUERY USER FEEDBACK HELP ...

Paolo Padovani , II Universit di Roma , Paolo Giommi , ASI, SDC and Fabrizio Fiore, ASI, SDC and Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma . Original Version: MNRAS, (1997), 284, 569 . Text copyright (c) 1997. ... We study the X-ray spectra of 114 flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQ) using the hardness ratios as given in the WGA catalogue of ROSAT sources. ... We find that FSRQ have a distribution of energy spectral indices ranging between 0 and 3 with a mean value alpha_x ~ 1. ... Figure 1 (13kb) . ...

... PPTA timeline . ... List of projects . ... RedGW . ... One of the main goals of pulsar timing array projects is to limit the existence of a background of gravitational waves (GWs). Jenet et al. (2006) developed a method to determine such a limit if (and only if) the pulsar timing residuals were statistically white. In the paper we used data from six pulsars from the PPTA project to obtain a limit. The remaining pulsars were rejected because their timing residuals were not white. ...

SN 1989B Light Curve Analysis. ... In the light curve depicting their observations, definite trends are noted, here is a "thumb-nail" analysis of the the magnitude estimations of the bright SN (1989B) in the galaxy NGC 3627 (M66). ... The observations were inserted against the V magnitude templete of BL, CCD photometric data, (Wells et. al, (1994) and a color trend (B-V) histogram of the mean type Ia SN (BL)(nutemp.gif). Key Words: Amateur Observations, Supernova, Magnitude Estimates, 1989B . ...

A methodical and didactical complex "Sign Language" . ... ABSTRACT The process of communication of the deaf includes the wide use of the sign language. ... The aim of this work is to develop a tool that should facilitate process of sign language teaching and also give to the trainee a means for independent study of various normative variants of sign language - for example, Russian, English, International and so on. ... The process of dialogue of the deaf people includes wide use of sign languages. ...

... Comparative study of Tl-2201 single crystals with different temperatures of superconducting transition by means of specific heat method. Abstract: . The comparison studies of the specific heat of Tl-2201 single crystals with the different oxygen concentration have led to the conclusion that the doping by oxygen, resulting in lowering of T c and increasing of number of paramagnetic centers, leads to diminishing of antiferromagnetic correlations contribution to the specific heat. ...

... 2006 . ... Comparison of total ozone distribution in the high latitudes of both hemispheres SCAR XXIX Open Science Conference, 2006, 12-14 July, Hobart, Australia - Abstract Volume. ... Analyses of spectra, stability and eigenmode transverse small-scale oscillations in the inner Earth magnetosphere. 6th Open Conference of Space Projects Evpatoriya, September 2006, Abstracts . ... Ps6 pulsations in the Earth magnetosphere. 5th Open Conference of Space Projects Evpatoriya, September 2005, Abstracts . ...